But the RCMP
is defending its conduct during the incident, saying its approach to the
blockade was focused on protecting lives and reducing the potential for
injury of all those involved.
The blockade caught the attention of the country in January, when
members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their allies set up checkpoints
along a remote forest road to prevent workers from accessing a
construction site for the Coastal GasLink project. The project is
owned by TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada Corp.
Note from Steve: The article is a little bias. Yes, it is a project owned by TC Energy but the land they are trespassing on is not theirs. It is unceded land. Blocking workers is not an act of malice. It’s there land. They have a right to say who can be on it and what can be done on it.